Monday, March 29, 2010

personal maintenance may have reached an all time low over the weekend but i sure did get a lot accomplished. there were a few "oversights" along the way. for instance, i went on a cleaning frenzy throughout the house but completely neglected my own personal disaster known as my closet. and by closet i'm referring to the guest bedroom commandeered as my boudoir. don't be misled to believe it's something fancy because of the word boudoir. the mountains of unfolded laundry on the bed rule out any semblance of sophistication. i could definitely replicate the photo above. in fact, i could easily make a chaise lounge. perhaps even a sectional. i'm ashamed to admit it's a common offense {varying magnitude}

unless we're having company.

ok back to accomplishments. by now you can see i use that word loosely. jesse and i stopped by cafe habana, a local fave cuban restaurant. SO good. the accomplishment part {save leaving the house} is adventuring away from my usual pan con bistec {grilled hanger steak sammy} and going for the fish tacos. THEY WERE SO GOOD. rare ahi, jicama slaw, avacado, lime crema, served with saffron rice. jeez. i had full intentions of snapping a shot but they were housed too quickly. by the time i remembered the original plan, only small bits of saffron rice remained. sorry. BUT, i did snap a few shots of the restaurant janky iphone style. i love the contrast of fancy chandeliers and industrial architecture. great vibes, this place. perhaps you should stop by so i will be motivated to clean up the mountains of clothes in the guest room and then i'll take you our for fish tacos?
win win, right?

Monday, March 22, 2010

when i first saw them, i immediately thought they were chrome christmas ornaments. the kind that reflect enraptured faces and rose-colored memories. and for a minute i was really happy. nevermind the fact that this would be a physical and logical impossibility. it transported me, and that is rare. thank you bigert& bergström, for that perfect moment.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

oooooh, the baton has been passed! it's our turn for a blog it forward post. what's that you ask? well, it's a stream of blogger posts about inspiration. each blogger writes a bit about what inspires them most, links back to the post before them, and to the next blog up. it keeps going and going until all three hundred of us have posted.

special thanks to victoria from sfgirlbybay for being the mastermind of blog it forward. and for being an inspiration to all of us who are taking part. had we not been following her around the internets we wouldn't even know about this little endeavor.

what inspires us? tons. finding new artists, designers, recipes, bargains, thrifting holes, technology, and chapstick. we're inspired by travel, books, building from scratch, films, capturing moments, and humor to name a few. but we're going to focus on timeless design for all intents and purposes of this here post.

the magical emotional connection we make with objects that stand the test of time can be most thrilling. they are tried and true. we become attached to these bits from the past and we covet them. they turn our spaces into love stories.